Entering the May season, tomorrow is Duanyang.

In the past few days, the weather has been exceptionally fine, and in the hazy night, the stars in the sky are twinkling, and the crescent moon hanging in the western sky is like a curved moth eyebrow, adding a bit of charm.

Since the evening, after the procession stopped, tents of all sizes rose from the ground, which were the places for Lang Jun and his wife to rest at night, and there were the accompanying strategists and guests.

When Zheng Sui followed his fifth brother Zheng Wei out of the tent, it was already quiet outside.

Most of the lights in the tent have been extinguished, except for the bonfire in the open space, which continues to burn, and the servant sergeants who keep vigil patrol around the enclosure, frogs chirp one after another, in this silent night, it is very loud, and occasionally there are unknown insects, chirping.

Cai Fu was already waiting outside the tent, and there were more than ten guards, led by Hao Yi.

Zheng Wei glanced at Hao Yi, "Let's go." ”

I only heard Hao Yi bow down and say, "Wulang, Captain Hou is here, saying that he wants to bring more people." ”

"A dozen of you are enough. Zheng Wei said, and walked out with Zheng Sui.

The place of departure, behind a section of the collapsed city wall, when Zheng Sui and they arrived, in addition to more than ten horses in the open space, there were dozens of horsemen led by Hou Yi, as soon as he saw them coming, Hou Yi stepped forward to salute, and then, he said: "Wulang, there are often people coming and going here, and it is night, just in case, I still ask Wulang to bring dozens of more people to ensure safety." ”

Zheng Wei shook his head, "If you really meet Qianhu." It's useless to bring a few dozen more people, besides. When there are many people, there will be a lot of movement. Hao Yi has been to explore the road yesterday, there are only a few households living in the mountains over there, there will be no problem, tomorrow morning, I will rush back in time, before coming back, you and Wen Weng will first sum up, tomorrow's morning discussion meeting. ”

"Gorou ......"

Hou Yi still needed to persuade again, but asked Zheng Wei to interrupt with a wave of his hand. Pointing to the dozens of riders behind Hou Yi, he said with a smile: "Hou Yi, if you really bring so many people, Ming'er and the whole camp will know about me going out at night, you go back first, there will be no problem." Then he ordered them to saddle their horses.

Cai Fu can ride a horse, only Zheng Sui. Zheng Wei didn't worry about her, so he let her sit in front of him.

However, just after getting on the horse, Hou Yi grabbed Zheng Wei's horse. Kneeling on the ground with his legs bent, "Goro, I'm out of the house now." Safety should be the first priority, not the time to play. Humble begged Gorou not to go, there are mountains and forests. The grass and trees are prosperous, even if there is no beard, there are wild beasts, if there is really an accident, it will be difficult to see Dalang in the future. ”

Seeing this, Zheng Wei tightened Ma Jian hard, his eyes narrowed slightly, "What, is it possible that Captain Hou is going to die?" There was no emotion in his tone, but Zheng Sui caught a glimpse of Brother Grabbing Ma Zhuang's hand, and the green tendons on the back of his hand faintly appeared.

only listened to Hou: "Don't dare to be humble." ”

Zheng Sui hurriedly called out to Brother A, "It's better like this, if Captain Hou is not at ease, it's better to join us." ”

Hou Yi didn't reply immediately, Zheng Wei saw it, so he got off the horse and stretched out his hand to help Hou Yi personally, "If you don't feel at ease, just follow us, I must go this time." ”

"Wulang," Hou Yigang called, the words of persuasion, before he could say anything, he saw that Zheng Wei had turned around, thinking that Zheng Wei had always been a person who made up his mind and did not look back, and Da Lang had a whip in his hand, and he couldn't make Gorou change his mind, and now he had to listen to his persuasion, I was afraid that it would not be easy, so he hurriedly said: "That is the case, I will accompany Wulang on a trip." ”

"Alright, get on the horse. When Zheng Wei said this, he stepped on the horse's back.

Hou Yi answered, and gave a few orders to the dozens of guards behind him, asking them all to go back to the camp first, and then lead a horse to step on.

Hao Yi led the way in front and headed northwest of Xuchang.

Zheng Sui asked the fifth brother where he was going, but the fifth brother never told her, and only said that he knew when he arrived.

In the night, a group of people galloped on horseback, the wind whistled by, everywhere they went, were desolate and silent, running horses, startling birds and night owls, the more to the northwest, what they saw was no longer an open and endless plain, gradually began to appear small hills, the jungle peaks in the distance were faint, a misty scene, and this area, even the residents were very few, occasionally only a few dog barks could be heard.

Later, after entering the mountains, the road became more and more difficult to walk, and it took about an hour to stop.

The night was deeper, and the mountain wind was blowing, and it was so cold that people couldn't stop shivering.

In front of him are rows of undulating mountains, although not high, but the trees are abundant, lush, between every two adjacent mountains, the gap between the valleys, at first glance looks very similar, the front has completely lost the road, Hao Yi got off the horse, he began to count the peaks in front, repeat several times, and let several sergeants count again, before determining the road, leading them into a valley on the left.

In the silence, occasionally there was the roar of wild beasts on the hill, and the wind blew the leaves, and it was dark night, and the surrounding qiē was a little shocked in the silence, Zheng Sui got off the horse, he was a little scared, and grabbed Zheng Wei's arm tightly, not daring to let go of half a minute, and even the hand holding Zheng Wei was trembling without knowing it, and his face was full of horror.

Seeing Zheng Sui like this, Zheng Wei immediately regretted bringing her over, so he hurriedly patted Zheng Sui's hand, "Xixi, don't be afraid, it's just a Zhuangzi inside, and there are dozens of families living in it, which is no different from the Zhuangjia families we saw in the suburbs of Pingcheng when we were children." ”

Zheng Sui nodded his head indiscriminately, his eyes were wide open, he didn't blink, he looked like he was facing a great enemy, Zheng Wei saw it, so he threw the horse stiff in his hand to the guards on the side, and pulled Zheng Sui and said, "Xixi, or Brother will carry you in." As he spoke, he wanted to squat in front of Zheng Sui, but Zheng Sui stopped him.

"It's okay, I can go. Zheng Sui smiled miserably and subconsciously bit his lip.

"It's fine. Zheng Wei helped Zheng Sui, followed Hao Yihou and more than ten guards to lead the horse, and walked along the valley.

Hao Yi held a torch in front of him, so that he could see the road in front of him, but the further in, the narrower the road, as if he was about to reach the end, there was no road, about a quarter of an hour or so, and suddenly opened up in front of him, and by the faint moonlight, a very ordinary farm appeared in front of him.

It's just that in the dead of night, there are occasional bursts of dog barking, breaking the silence.

Seeing that Hao Yi was going to lead them directly into Zhuangzi, Zheng Wei hurriedly shouted and said softly: "Let's wait here first, you take Wu You, go in first to report, don't go in so rashly and scare people." ”

Hao Yi answered, took a torch, took a guard, and walked along the Qianmo path to the farmers in the village.

Coming out this way, the fields I saw were all overgrown with weeds, and the grass grew taller than people, and it was rare to see the green wheat fields in front of me.

The peach tree beside the road, full of fruits, is the season when the peaches are ripe, and the fragrance of the wisps of fruit comes to the nose, which is easy to arouse people's slander, Zheng Sui's nervousness, panic and fear, but also calmed down when he saw this quiet farm under the moonlight.

They didn't wait long, and soon saw Hao Yi leading a farmer over, and when he came closer, he said that he was a farmer, but it was not appropriate, that man was about thirty years old, and he was very different from those farmers he usually saw, with a white and handsome face, although he was dressed in rough clothes and numb, but he showed a bit of the elegance of a scholar.

Just came closer, and without waiting for Hao Yi's introduction, the man stared at Zheng Wei and said, "You shouldn't have come." The voice was very cold, and even the expression on his face was very cold.

Zheng Wei didn't care, he smiled and bowed, "Uncle Nineteen, don't come to harm." ”

Under the firelight, I saw that the man's face changed suddenly, and his expression was even more complicated and difficult to distinguish, and he said after a while: "How do you know...... Are you Shiro or Goro from Obo?"

"Son. ”

"Now that you're here, let's go inside and have a glass of water. The man's expression calmed down, and he regained his cold expression, and pointed to the guards, "They don't go in, lest they cause too much commotion, and I don't want to tell my family." ”

Zheng Wei answered, pulled Zheng Sui closer, and said, "This is a sister ten mothers." ”

Zheng Sui stepped forward and saluted and called Uncle.

Uncle Nineteen's eyes looked at Zheng Sui, then nodded, and then turned around, "Come with me." ”

didn't wait for Zheng Wei to follow, so he went straight along Qianmo and went to Zhuangzi.

Zheng Wei turned back to Hou Yi to explain, this time Hou Yi didn't stop him, Zheng Wei took Zheng Sui, and Hao Yi and Cai Fu looked at the distant figures, and hurriedly followed.

Zheng Sui followed Zheng Wei's side, still worried in his heart, speaking of which, when the fifth brother shouted that nineteen uncles, Zheng Sui was startled, and thought that he had heard it wrong, although he had never met, but he also knew that the nineteenth uncle was the youngest son of the third uncle, and the third uncle fled with the three sons, did he escape to this Zhuangzi?

However, this Zhuangzi is isolated from the world, and compared to the desolation outside the mountain, it seems that this place has never suffered from war and war, and it is very peaceful.

When he was thinking about himself, he only heard the fifth brother say: "Xixi, every household in this village has hot spring water, and when you get to your uncle's house later, you can go to soak in the hot spring water and get tired." ”

"Brother," Zheng Sui shouted, "this is what Brother said." ”

"Naturally, when Hao Yi was exploring the road a few days ago, he accidentally found this place, the people in this village are very hospitable, and every family kept him for a few days, he was comfortable for a few days, and I thought about bringing you over when I heard him say this. Zheng Wei said, glancing at Hao Yi.

Hao Yi nodded hurriedly yes, with a little smile on his face, "To be honest, I almost didn't want to go back in the past few days." ”

Zheng Sui chuckled, "Then you just stay." ”

While talking, he soon arrived at the door of Uncle Nineteen's house, where a few dim oil lamps were lit, and in the hall, in addition to Uncle Nineteen, there was also a peasant woman. (To be continued......)

PS: Well, I've always wanted to write about paradise